USPTO Patents Application 10083316

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TO WNSEND and TOVVfcJSEND and CREW LLP

By:

Mark T. Davis

IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

In re application of:

David S. Soane et al.

Application No.: 10/083,316

Filed: February 25, 2002

For: NEAR-NET-SHAPE
POLYMERIZATION PROCESS AND
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Sir:

The references cited on attached form PTO/SB/08B are being called to the

attention of the Examiner. Copies of the references have not been enclosed. In accordance with

37 CFR 1 .98(d), a copy of any patent, publication or other information listed in an information u,

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the Office in a prior application, provided that the prior application is properly identified in the
statement and relied upon for an earlier filing date under 35 U.S.C. 120. Copies of the references'

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listed on the enclosed form PTO/SB/08B were submitted on March 20, 2000, or cited by the | §

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examiner on May 21, 2001, in patent application Serial No. 09/51 1,661, filed February 22, 2000, a ~

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which application has been relied on under section 120 in the present application. It is
respectfully requested that the cited references be expressly considered during the prosecution of
this application, and the references be made of record therein and appear among the "references
cited" on any patent to issue therefrom.

As provided for by 37 CFR 1.97(g) and (h), no inference should be made that the
information and references cited are prior art merely because they are in this statement and no
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10/083,316

February 25, 2002

Soane, David S.

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Jeffrey C. Mullis

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Figures Appear

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Initials*

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No. 1

Number Kind Code 2 (if known)

AA

US-4,131,625

12-26-1978

Arnold et al.

AB

US-4,402,887

09-06-1983

Kuriyama et al.

AC

US-4,51 0,593

04-09-1985

Daniels

AD

US-4,524,162

06-18-1985

Domeier

AE

US-4.785,064

11-15-1988

Hegel

AF

US-5,110,514

05-05-1992

Soane

AG

US-5,1 14,632

05-05-1992

Soane

AH

US-5, 185,234

02-09-1993

Nakatsuka et al.

Al

US-5,278,243

01-11-1994

Soane

AJ

US-6, 140,450

10-31-2000

Ishikawa et al.

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AK

EP 0106641

04-25-1984

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AL

EP 0238863

09-30-1987

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AM

GB 498679

01-09-1939

U

AN

GB 577432

05-17-1946

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AO

GB 2257978 A

01-27-1993

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AP

PCT International Search Report for appln. PCT/US99/22048.

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